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'It didn't use to bug you'

DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.

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Vexclination

Created by: ekath

Pronunciation: vex-clin-a-ashun

Sentence: His vexclinations make him near insufferable.

Etymology: from vex + inclination

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Thornication

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: θôrnikāshən

Sentence: Charlie is very good at getting under the skin of his co-workers. He doesn’t mean to be annoying but his habitual activities amount to thornication.

Etymology: thorn (a thorn in someone’s side - a source of continual annoyance or trouble) + fornication (two people not married to each other having sex)

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COMMENTS:

love it...so prickly! - Nosila, 2011-02-10: 23:55:00

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Quabit

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: kwaa bit

Sentence: Diane always had the quabit of finishing of your...

Etymology: from quirk and habit, bit obvious but I'm not feeling that original today.

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COMMENTS:

Reminds me of a quantum computing qubit. It's like a habit that is only annoying depending on your point of view. On an only slightly related point, I once used "qubyte" in a round of Scrabble! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00

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Ewsik

Created by: idavecook

Pronunciation: EEeeeeeeewwwwww SICK!

Sentence: Julie's ewsik has gotten to the point that every time she clears her throat I wanna grab her by the hair and smash her face in. "I think it's cute." You would. She's all yours.

Etymology: My xgf used to say eww sick all the time.

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COMMENTS:

ew rock! - Nosila, 2009-09-10: 01:50:00

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Endearaffront

petaj

Created by: petaj

Pronunciation: en-DEER-a-front

Sentence: Connie's neighing laugh had at first seemed endearing, but Jerry was so endearaffronted by it that he was planning to desert her.

Etymology: endear (attract) + affront (offense) + Ends here (it's all over as of now)

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COMMENTS:

petaj Better late than never - petaj, 2007-02-16: 02:12:00

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Proclirritation

Created by: ahwinters

Pronunciation: pro-clear-rit-ta-shun

Sentence: His proclirritation to fart without excusing himself used to be cute to her, but now it was just an annoyance.

Etymology: proclivity + irritation

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Dearthquirk

Created by: mickey666

Pronunciation: derth-kwirk

Sentence: I really will have to leave him, she thought, as he scratchd his arse for the third time in as many minutes

Etymology: dearth = lack of appeal (my definition, so there!) and quirk.

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COMMENTS:

ummm, could you use it in a sentence? - Alchemist, 2007-02-15: 22:41:00

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Conpeeve

Mrgoodtimes

Created by: Mrgoodtimes

Pronunciation: Con-Pee-Ve

Sentence: His combination of snoring and sleepwalking quickly went from cute to conpeeving after the fourth night of watching him snore walk his way into the wall.

Etymology: Con - Peeve (what used to be a propreeve is now a con)

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Annoyhilate

artr

Created by: artr

Pronunciation: ənoiəlāt

Sentence: Genny really didn*t know how break up with Peter, so she set out to annoyhilate their relationship. He was able to tolerate the **dainties** hanging in the shower and the load of laundry where she **accidently** washed all his whites with her new red blouse. He could even grin and bear it when she picked her teeth in public. What finally put it over the edge and sent him packing was her laugh/snort. And she hadn*t even planned that one.

Etymology: annoy [irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry] + annihilate [destroy utterly; obliterate]

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COMMENTS:

good word...well describes all those annoyhellations! - Nosila, 2009-09-09: 14:39:00

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Irrimating

Created by: MrDigdigdig

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Bob's nose picking quickly became irrimating to Linda

Etymology:

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Comments:

wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...

ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.